The Irish standard., 1887-02-05

pleased to grant a reduction Of. .25 PEI
cent to his Nanaen tenants.
Mr.. O'Connell, ID. a., J. 2, has re-
fused to grant a reduction Of 70 per
Icent. to his East Clare tenants.
CORK.
The tenants on the property Of Sir
Croker Darlington have decided to ac-
cept the landlords offer Of a 2o per
cent. reduction.
Alderman John O. 'Brien was installed
Mayor of Cork, in succession to Alder
man T. J. Madden. Mr.. j. G. Leslie
was sworn in as City High Sheriff.
Hundreds Of horses are employed on
the Kingston estate in removing the ef-
fects of tenants who have been served
with writs Of ejectment. There is
great excitement at Mitchellstown, and
large force of police have been drafted
to aid in preserving order. Mr.. Plum
ket, accompanied by q magistrate, had
an interview with the Countess Of
Kingston, and asked her to consider the
terms submitted by the tenantry.
The tenants ON the property of Cap
tain Leslie having been requested to
pay their rents held q meeting to con-
slider what abatement they would de-
mand. There was a, large number OF
tenants present, and it was unani-
mo,lsl. resolved to solicit a reduction
of 80 per cent on judicial, and 40 per
cent. on nom judicial rents: and it was
further resolved, i'll the event OF their
demand not being conceded, to take i'm
mediate action in the matter.
The tenants on the Lysagnt property,
at Tuhlease, having been requested to
paw their rents, met the agent for the
purpose. The tenants demanded an
abatement of 30 per cent. The agent.
however, refused to allow such
areduction, and the tenants left with
out any rents. Subsequently the ten
ants held a meeting to consider what
course of action they would pursue,
when it WAS unanimously resolved to
take decisive action in Ease the land
lords did nos Immediately concede their
terms.
DERRY.
Mr.. Thomas Lecky, j. F., was elected
Mayor of Derry.
FERMANAGH.
An extraordinary scene took place at,
the Diamond, ~Enniskillen, in connec-
ton with the sale OF some boycotted
cattle belonging to q man named Fer-
guson, WHO OWNS a farm near Derry
gonne|ly, for which Mr. Thomas Plum
kett, NJ, II. Z. a., is the agent. Fergl,-
son owes ,E3O arrears OF rent, which he
declined to pay without a reduction.
His cattle. three COWS aud Il calf, were
seized some time ago, and two attempts
were made to sell in Derrygonne)ly, but
both proved abortiyf, as no bidders
could be found. Tie cattle were pat
up fer the :',;r;lst;!ye h, i!,l sii:ilitil,
and, there beng large nunb bers in town
gathered around the autloueer's yos
tr!lm. When the first animal. (, cow,
WAS put UP bid OF Sd. was, amid much
made for it. This was raised
to COS. by a person who bid on behalf of
the agent The last bid was made by a
tenant, BIS, but he was not allowed to
take the COW. When the sale COM
uenced q person in the crowd asked
what the terms of the sale were, but
neither the auctioneer nor bailitt could !
tell him. Head Constable Stringer
warned the questioner that if he inter.
fered With the sale he would have him !
at this point it WAS discoy-
cred that the cattle were missing, and |
the bailiffs set off in pursuit of them,
and eventually found them iD different
parts of the town, where they had been
driven by members Of the crowd. The
jostling and noise became SO great that
the auctioneer said he could not go on
with the sale, and said he would adj
journ to Stewards yard "a public house),
he went and completed the
sale, protected by about a dozen con-
Only sl4 was realized for The
cattle.
GALWAY.
The relieving officer of Clifdan has
been notified to hold himself in readi-
ness to afford relief to over dozen ten
ants threatened with eviction on the
estate of Mr. McCullagh, Of Round
stone, who has steadily refused to give
his poor tenants anything like rea-
sonable reduction.
We regret to learn from our Ballmas-
ou correspondent that Mr.. Harris,
NJ. F., is seriously i'll. The honorable
gentlemen took an active part in the
:ent agitation which has prevailed in
;he west for the last few months. and